"MINDSCAPES" by RIC HORNOR, at Viewpoint Gallery, Sacramento, CA

”A Boo Grave” hidden human skull revealed

”A Purified View of BioGenetics”

”Bowling Skull Beach” Derived from Bowling Ball Beach on the Northern California coast, this is an illusionary bay with modified mirrored cliffs guarding all in it from the ocean, with waterfalls and miles of beach. A photographer on the left squats to shoot a posing giant lizard, while another photographer much farther away stands behind his big box camera shooting the cliff nearest the left edge of our scene. A group of four horse-women come running to the our way, as if “to the rescue,” while two pirate ships, (BTW, the schooner would never have carried a canon, except in a Tall Ships parade in SF harbor), confronting each other, sails unfurled, one fires with smoke billowing near its bow. Stage right another sailing vessel has escaped around the distant peninsula. Coming down a waterfall on the cliffs to the right is a sailing ship tinier than life. All while a young child jumps, skipping-like from human skull to skull as they have collected on the beach foreground to our right. And an eagle mountain glares down as though it were _____ any passers by.

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Derived from Bowling Ball Beach on the Northern California coast, an illusionary bay with modified mirrored cliff encase the ocean with waterfalls and miles of beach. A photographer on the left squats to shoot a posing lizard, while another photographer much farther away stands behind his big box camera shooting the cliff nearest the left edge of our picture. A group of four horse-women come running our way, toward the center while two pirate ships confront each other, sails unfurralled, one fires with smoke billowing near its bow. Stage right another sailing vessle has escaped around the distant peninsula. Coming down a waterfall just down the cliff is a sailing ship tinier than life. A young child jumps skipping-like from human skull to skull as they have collected on the beach foreground to our right. And an eagle mountain glares down as though it could scolled any passers by.

”Cleared For Take Off” The Nineteen Fifty-Six Chevy “funningly” takes off across the desert

”Diversity” Passengers of the Ark waiting at The Palace of Fine Art in San Francisco, California, USA

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Passengers of the Ark at the Palace of Fine Art in San Francisco

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RIC HORNOR

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Diversity

”Fall From Power” The Evil Decider Has Fallen

”Greed” Our greedy antagonist has devoured everything in this now baron room, even its own body. Ah, but grinning to itself as it spies a final morsel, the helpless feather lying passively at our feet. Little does it suspect a wistful breeze will soon alight the feather and carry it teasingly away.

”It's Lonely at the Top” Ah, but what a breath-taking view

”Magic Mirror at Lightning Oak Art Farm” How is it that we can see a fine reflection of both before and after the ducks have taken off, hmmm.

”My Summer Vacation” It was fine Summer with sailing on the Moon Mountain Sea, watching the climber of the dusty miller and the skier of the mighty mushroom mount, while fanciful horseflys zoom by in the early evening light.

”The Pachyderm Protests at the Corporate Pool” Northern California Redwoods flooded from heavy rains barely lets sunlight through its giant tops which we cannot see. We see at ground level dirt brown water, still except for rings echoing out from each end of our pachyderm trunk looping up from underwater. The small end of our trunk to the left fires peanuts randomly at no perceptible target. They land in an empty area at water's edge.

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Northern California Redwoods flooded from heavy rains lets sunlight through its giant tops we cannot see. Looking at ground level across the dirt brown water, still except for the rings echoed out from each end of tree trunks looping above water. the trailing smallest trunk to the left fires, (shoots), peanuts randomly to no percievible target, they land in a secluded area at water's edge.